Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6465 20 Jun 2026, 11:44

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Spoofing MAC addresses 52 1 2 0 0 55 5 1 6 2:56.165 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Spoofing MAC addresses
In order to not reveal information about the physical location As a Tails user I want to be able to control whether my network devices MAC addresses should be spoofed And I want this feature to fail safe and notify me in case of errors
Tags: @product
38.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.935
And I capture all network traffic 0.022
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 7.872
And I log in to a new session 11.866
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.868
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.079
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.056
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.189
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.082
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.056
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
32.930
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.531
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
When I log in to a new session 11.986
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.614
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.067
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.374
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.077
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
Tags: @product
21.736
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.536
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.024
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.106
When I log in to a new session 12.336
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.006
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
21.802
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.393
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.020
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.096
When I log in to a new session 12.570
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
22.057
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.310
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.022
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.104
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.167
When I log in to a new session 12.487
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.061
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.253
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
39.507
Scenario The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Steps
Given a computer 0.125
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
When I start the computer 0.822
Then the computer boots Tails 38.546
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
features/mac_spoofing.feature:71:in `Then the computer boots Tails'
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.228 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails' (at time 02:20:46)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6465/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:46_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6465/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:46_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6465/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:46_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6465/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:46_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052